Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] good [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the young men in Harare have been coming to Arthur , knowing his record in Mount Darwin and sensing a kindred spirit ; and he offers them a better way than stone-throwing and kidnapping tactics . |
| 2 | That you brought her here , back to her chosen home , does not give you a better claim than ours , though it does you infinite credit . |
| 3 | Kathy and Eric Price run this small hotel as an ‘ extended home ’ which should give you a good idea as to its all pervading atmosphere of warmth and hospitality . |
| 4 | What those costs may be I 'm afraid I ca n't give you a good guide because depend on the amount of work . |
| 5 | The pair 's behaviour will give you a good indication when breeding is imminent . |
| 6 | " If you will only sit down patiently and wait , our master , who is the most generous man in the world , will certainly give you a good supper when he comes back . |
| 7 | Pete asked and Mum grinned and said ‘ Well , I suppose so but I 'll give it a good wash when we get home . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd give it a good hiding if it did n't behave |
| 9 | ‘ Any of them would make you a better wife than I could . |
| 10 | Now that we have a permanent place to meet we would like to start up a library as some folks can not afford to buy reading material so if you have any books that you have finished with or which are duplicates and would like to make room for new editions we will be happy to give them a good home where they will be used and appreciated . |
| 11 | I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall . |
| 12 | And I shall look forward to giving you a good report when you next visit us in a ’ — she paused — ‘ fortnight 's time . |
| 13 | Now at that point , when she received the letter and read the policy , erm we could have given her a better cover if it applied to that particular vehicle . |
| 14 | I mean , I would have given him a good kick if I 'd do stood along side of him ! |
| 15 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 16 | Just because it 's a Number One does n't make it a better record than anything else that 's out that week . |
| 17 | Dell 's new machines offer you a better deal than the old ones — they are significantly improved , yet cost the same |
| 18 | Doubtless he gave her a good dowry when she married another burgess , John Kempe . |
| 19 | do it a good turn if you could er |
| 20 | Furthermore — and this probably gives us the best clue as to the intrinsic nature of schizophrenia — there is fluctuation in mental state over a much shorter time-scale . |
| 21 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |